1.thanks to 与thanks for 的用法辨析
(1)thanks to 是介词短语，意为“幸亏；由于”，用来说明原因。其后常用名词或代词在句中做状语，常位于句首，其后跟被感谢的对象，有时可与because of 互换。
eg：Thanks to the policeman，we caught the thief at last.
(2)thanks for 意为“因······而感谢”，强调感谢的理由，其后常接名词、代词或动词-ing形式。
eg：Thanks for sending me flowers.
2.in time 与on time的用法辨析
(1)in time意为“及时”，表示时间刚好赶得上。
eg：The doctor came in time and saved his life.
(2)on time意为“按时”，表示在约定或规定时间之内。
eg：Please remember to get up on time.
3.run out 与run out of的用法辨析
(1)run out of意为“用完；用光”，表示主动的意义，主语是人。
eg：Yesterday I ran out of the sugar in the kitchen.
(2)run out 用作不及物动词，表示“用完；耗尽；某物用完（花光）”。
eg：His money soon ran out.
ed to 与be used to的用法辨析
(1)used to 意为“曾经······；过去······”，其后跟动词原形，表示过去存在的某种状态或者过去的某种经常性、习惯性的行为或动作，目的在于与现在形成对照。eg：He used to read books at home，but now he always plays computer games outside.
(2)be used to 意为“习惯于······”，其中to为介词，故其后面跟名词、代词或动词的-ing形式。其中be动词还可以用get替换，get used to意为“变得习惯于······”。eg：He’s used to getting up early on weekdays.
5.alone与lonely的用法辨析
eg：His grandparents live alone in a small house，but they don’t feel lonely.
(1)alone 意为“独自；单独”，着重说明独自一人，不带有感情色彩，仅表示客观的状态。
eg：I don’t need your help，so I can finish the work alone.
(2)lonely意为“孤独的；寂寞的”，有强烈的感情色彩；还有“荒凉的；偏僻的”的意思。
eg: He felt lonely after his children went to American.
There are many snakes on the lonely island.
(3)alone为表语形容词，只能做表语不能做定语；而lonely 既可以做表语也可作定语。
6.excited 与exciting的用法辨析
eg：The sports show is exciting，so we are really excited.
(1)be excited about 表示“对······感到兴奋”；excited意为“激动的，兴奋的”，用于描述人的主观感受。
eg：I was excited about the idea of having a dog.
(2)exciting意为“令人兴奋的”，用于修饰或描述事物本身的性质。
eg：The story is so exciting that we all want to know the end.
(3)与exciting和excited类似的词还有：surprised/surprising；interested/interesting；
relaxed/relaxing；bored/boring；tired/tiring等。
7.lend 与borrow的用法辨析
(1)borrow指从别人那里借入东西，常用语句型borrow something from somebody or somewhere 表示“从某人或某处借某物”。
eg：Do you often borrow books from library?
(2)lend 指把东西借给别人，强调借出，常用语句型lend something to somebody，表示“把某物借给某人”。
eg：He lent his umbrella to me yesterday，so I didn’t get wet.
8.in order to 与in order that的用法辨析
(1)in order to意为“目的是，为了”，和后面的动词构成不定式短语，表示目的。可放在句首，也可位于句中。其否定式为in order not to。
eg：In order to have a good future，we should study hard now.
She said she was ill in order not to go to school.
(2)in order that也表示“为了”，引导目的状语从句，相当于so that。
eg：We used the computer in order that we might save time.
(3)当in order that 引导的从句的主语和主句的主语一致时，可以把从句改写成in order to 结构。
eg：we started early in order that we could catch the first train.
=We started early in order to catch the first train.
9.offer 与provide 的用法辨析
(1)provide和offer都有“提供；供给”的意思。provide侧重于做好准备而提供。provide something for somebody = provide somebody with something，意为“给某人
